I will extend the telephone call to yourself also Joseph, since you fibbed about "being in a country where internet crime is not taken seriously by authorities" when in fact you live in THE COUNTRY where it is taken more seriously than 99% of others, and you are supporting those slandering, lying, and false accusing others with such vigor after previously slipping into such behavior yourself before by mistake, forgiven. Let's see if we can get you to improve your methods further and actually BEGIN to do some research and SUPPORT like you should do towards startups, missions and innovators spending their time energy lives and money trying to improve the world, engaging with them in human methods rather than merely attacking from far distance over the internet.
The world needs more support for startups innovators and early stage guys, not merely lies slanders attacks from a million miles away and zero communication nor understanding.
Defamation libel and slander online is a very serious offense and there are more than any other nation, inside the USA, oceans of local to you lawyers salivating for a check to take your permanent records of such online and drag you into courtrooms or just begin seizures forfeitures judgements etc from their offices.
Some people just don't know the law, it's always good to learn, even if it was from the wrong way or from mistakes. You would never appreciate such actions towards you, so, time to be the highest level of courteous and professional as possible. The world gets better when you do, and worse when any of us don't.
Leaders uphold proper behavior towards others. You don't deserve to be false accused if well intented and directioned, and neither do others. When you see others take the wrong course. Supporting them in it should not be what you do, but steering them the right path instead is what leaders are made to do. Since you are running a project or trying to, best you put feet on right legal path if wish others to follow, and encourage all others to do so as well, rather than encourage their demonic slander of others instead of right path.
Encouragement to the SBI project. Wish you could call it "an investment fund" on the internet, in that very much highly policed and highly regulated even on the internet environment that you live in and are a citizen of. I hope it succeeds. It will ONLY succeed when the admins of and community of are not abusing other people, but are community LEADERS, instead.
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